location: Fall River

The fish in the Fall seem to be pretty spread out at the moment. The ODFW is stocking the river regularly, and there are decent numbers of fish in the system but finding them in any number can be a little tricky. Covering water and sight casting to fish as you go is a good …

Fishing on the Fall has been steady. There are good numbers of fish in the river, and we’ve been receiving many reports of people having great days on the local spring creek. There are opportunities to use various strategies to get into these fish, nymphing being the most consistent method. There have been some PMDs …

As the ODFW continues with their summer stocking schedule there should be plenty of fish throughout the system. Nymphing will continue to be the most consistent method for catching fish. As always, using light flourocarbon tippet in 5x or 6x will give you the best chance at catching fish. Micro mayflies, BH pheasant tails, and …

Fishing has remained fair on the Fall, it’s a great option to stick closer to town and satisfy an itch to fish small water. The ODFW has begun their regular summer stocking schedule and will be putting new fish in every two weeks or so. With warm, sunny weather in the forecast, nymphing will be …

The ODFW will be stocking the Fall more consistently as summer approaches. Many of the fish that stayed in the river for much of the winter has started to spread out, and finding fish may require a little more walking than it has in past months. When you find the fish, continue to use light …

The Fall has fished well in recent weeks with good numbers of hatchery fish sticking around through the winter. These fish are no stranger to artificial flies, so you may find yourself cycling through a few bugs before you find one that works. Micro mayflies and copper microstones in sizes 14-18 are good patterns to …

We’ve rung in 2018 with more fun fishing up on the Fall River. With the mild weather, the water temps have remained consistent. The hatches come off as expected and the fish have not only stuck around, but have spread out a little as well. Whether you prefer the “Tubes”, the Hatchery or up higher, …

It’s that time of year again, only this year there are actually fish to catch! After a couple pretty dismal winters, the Fall has some fish that appear to be holding over this year. Today I found fish in all the usual spots. The Blue-Winged Olive hatch was skinnier that I’d hoped. By noon there …

The Fall River has continued to fish well! Remember, with regulation changes last year, we are able to fish below the falls year round. This time of year can make for some adventuring below the falls, looking for fish that may have pushed up from the Deschutes. You can spend some time hoofin it around, …

Thankfully, there are still some fish hanging out in the Fall! We love that and we love getting out there to trick those fish into eating our flies. Sometimes it can be a bit tricky but if you are persistent, you can get into them! If you are getting fish to chase/follow your flies but …